Peukert and regeneration

[Geebee]

I have been playing with my electric scooter and on some longer rides have found I can use almost the rated a/h (20hour rate) of the batteries (I know not good for them) whereas much lower wattage motors can only use a 1/2 or so of rated capacity.
The 2 differences are that the scooter is a moped so the pedals don't get used at all and it has regen, now the no pedaling should make it worse than my e-bikes regarding peukert's effect but it is actually dramatically better, I am assuming that regen maybe alot better than it is given credit for if it can almost double the available power from SLA's.

 

[fechter]

I'm not sure exactly how regen affects Peukert, but with my Zappy, that has regen, does seem to get amazing range for the battery size / speed.

How much regen current can you get?

 

[Geebee]

Don't know as my amp meter won't cope with the current the motor uses, after 2 1/2 years I think the battery is heading for replacement, although I did find a dirty connector to the pack.
The range has always been way longer than expected especially with all the hills around here.